wyszukanych pozycji: 23
The American Child
ISBN: 9781511707732 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Few of us will agree with the English woman that the child, the American child, is the only subject upon which we converse. Certainly, though, it is a favorite subject; it may even not inaptly be called our national subject. Whatever our various views concerning this may chance to be, however, it is likely that we are all in entire agreement with regard to the other matter touched upon by the English woman, --the pervasiveness of American children
Few of us will agree with the English woman that the child, the American child, is the only subject upon which we converse. Certainly, though, it is a...
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31,34 zł |
The Giant's House
ISBN: 9780099739913 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Set in a small town on Cape Cod in 1950, this tells of the relationship between Peggy Cort, a 28-year-old librarian, and James Carlson Sweatt, an over-tall 11-year-old. They are odd candidates for friendship, but they still find their lives entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted.
Set in a small town on Cape Cod in 1950, this tells of the relationship between Peggy Cort, a 28-year-old librarian, and James Carlson Sweatt, an over...
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45,78 zł |
The Souvenir Museum
ISBN: 9781529115086 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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50,87 zł |
The Souvenir Museum: Stories
ISBN: 9780063063167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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139,44 zł |
The American Child
ISBN: 9781544683447 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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31,52 zł |
The Giant's House: A Romance
ISBN: 9780385340892 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James Carlson Sweatt-the "over-tall" eleven-year-old boy who's the talk of the town-walks into her library and changes her life forever. Two misfits whose lonely paths cross at the circulation desk, Peggy and James are odd candidates for friendship, but nevertheless they soon find their lives entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted. In James, Peggy discovers the one person who's ever really understood her, and as he grows-six foot...
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day J...
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91,51 zł |
Bowlaway
ISBN: 9780099526940 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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50,87 zł |
Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry: Stories
ISBN: 9780062873729 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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87,11 zł |
Thunderstruck & Other Stories
ISBN: 9780812987676 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSDAY
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post San Francisco Chronicle O: The Oprah Magazine The Miami Herald Publishers Weekly Kirkus Reviews Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader s Circle for author chats and more. From the author of the beloved novel The Giant s House finalist for the National Book Award comes a beautiful new story collection, her first in... WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSDAY
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87,15 zł |
The Souvenir Museum
ISBN: 9781787333628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. And on a trip to a Texas water park with their son, two fathers each confront a personal fear. With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit, McCracken traces how our closely held desires-for intimacy, atonement, comfort-bloom and wither against the indifferent passing of time.
And on a trip to a Texas water park with their son, two fathers each confront a personal fear. With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase he...
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76,32 zł |
Bowlaway
ISBN: 9780062862860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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87,11 zł |
The American Child
ISBN: 9781627556057 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One day several years ago, when Mr. Lowes Dickinson's statement that he had found no conversation and-worse still-no conversationalists in America was fresh in our outraged minds, I happened to meet an English woman who had spent approximately the same amount of time in our country as had Mr. Lowes Dickinson. "What has been your experience?" I anxiously asked her. "Is it true that we only 'talk'? Can it really be that we never 'converse'?"
One day several years ago, when Mr. Lowes Dickinson's statement that he had found no conversation and-worse still-no conversationalists in America was...
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46,31 zł |
Niagara Falls All Over Again
ISBN: 9780385336482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. By turns graceful and knowing, funny and moving, Niagara Falls All Over Again is the latest masterwork by National Book Award finalist and author of The Giant's House, Elizabeth McCracken.
Spanning the waning years of vaudeville and the golden age of Hollywood, Niagara Falls All Over Again chronicles a flawed, passionate friendship over thirty years, weaving a powerful story of family and love, grief and loss. In it, McCracken introduces her most singular and affecting hero: Mose Sharp--son, brother, husband, father, friend ... and straight man to the fat guy in baggy... By turns graceful and knowing, funny and moving, Niagara Falls All Over Again is the latest masterwork by National Book Award finalist and auth...
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91,51 zł |
The Hero of This Book: A Novel
ISBN: 9780062971296 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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82,75 zł |
Bowlaway
ISBN: 9780224087117 / Twarda / 2019 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the beginning of the twentieth century - nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin and fifteen pounds of gold on her person - Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts.
From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the beginning of the twentieth century - nothing but a bowling ball, a candlep...
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86,51 zł |
Bowlaway
ISBN: 9780062888273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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156,87 zł |
Thunderstruck & Other Stories
ISBN: 9780099592976 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From the author of the beloved novel The Giant's House - finalist for the National Book Award - comes a beautiful new story collection, her first in twenty years. Laced through with humour, empathy, and rare and magical descriptive powers these nine vibrant stories navigate the fragile space between love and loneliness. In 'Property', a young scholar, grieving the sudden death of his wife, decides to refurbish the Maine rental house they were to share together by removing his landlord's possessions. In 'Peter Elroy: A Documentary by Ian Casey', the household of a successful filmmaker is...
From the author of the beloved novel The Giant's House - finalist for the National Book Award - comes a beautiful new story collection, her first in t...
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87,31 zł |
The Hero of This Book
ISBN: 9780062971272 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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117,61 zł |
The American Child
ISBN: 9781515422723 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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133,23 zł |
The American Child
ISBN: 9781421815275 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - One day several years ago, when Mr. Lowes Dickinson's statement that he had found no conversation and - worse still - no conversationalists in America was fresh in our outraged minds, I happened to meet an English woman who had spent approximately the same amount of time in our country as had Mr. Lowes Dickinson. "What has been your experience?" I anxiously asked her. "Is it true that we only 'talk'? Can it really be that we never...
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLi...
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53,45 zł |